<p>Hi, Im currently a freshman here at the UofR and will be a residential adviser next semester. I am double majoring in computer science and english and doing research in natural language processing. If anyone has any questions regarding UofR, classes, or anything else feel free to post here or email me at <a href="mailto:ddalal2@mail.rochester.edu">ddalal2@mail.rochester.edu</a></p>
<p>Hi, how easy is it to get a single room for a freshman? and does it cost more than a double room? Also, I am a ED so does that mean I have a better chance of getting a single room? thanks</p>
<p>:) pretty much impossible. They do exist, but its real hard to get them. I think the only perk of ed is getting to chose where on campus you want to live. I've lived in Gilbert which is in the quad, and love it. But a lot of students choose sue b as well, which though further away from the academic buildings, has its own dining center, Danforth and Hillside. </p>
<p>Costs for rooms are all the same, single or double, however if you get stuck in a triple, like I was this year, you get a 25% discount on housing. They're cutting down on the number of admits, so it won't as over crowded as this year, so the chances of a triple should be slimmer.</p>
<p>thanks! could u elaborate on the advantages of the different redsident halls? I was leaning toward susan B cus they have a dining place... </p>
<p>also where does the tunnel system lead? is it just a few places or does it encompass the whole campus?</p>
<p>The tunnel system only exists for the main buildings in the academic quad, that is it connects the library, four academic building where you'll have classes and wilson commons.</p>
<p>The tunnels doesn't go to any of the resident halls.</p>
<p>As for pro/cons of dorms.</p>
<p>Sue B</p>
<p>pros:
all freshman
Danforth/Hillside dining center
close to ITS (computer center)</p>
<p>cons:
totally subjective: bad food at Danforth
further away from academic quad
further from Carlson Library
smaller rooms </p>
<p>Res Quad(i.e. Gilbert/Hoeing)</p>
<p>pros:
biggers rooms
closer to tunnels
closer to Wilson Commons
closer to frat quad ;)</p>
<p>cons:
further from danforth
further from its</p>
<p>Overall they're both good places to. Its kinda hard to describe the enviroment of two halls, but they're different in good ways. Basically Sue B is its own little world, pretty close knit but is further from everything on else on campus. Gilbert/Hoeing has larger rooms, most halls are more independent, and is closer to wilson commons, academic quad, and frat quad.</p>
<p>How hard is Rochester academic wise? I'm up for a challenge, but I don't want to have a nervous breakdown.</p>
<p>^ same question!! i'm a decent student, but not like those crazy study 24/7 types. procrasination is my life, lol. AND is premed INSANELY hard? i know half the school enters premed and at the end only like a quarter are left or something, lol. how is the economics department and business majors/recruiting in general? </p>
<p>and. does it seriously snow that much? is it ridiciulously cold? :(</p>
<p>Overall classes tend to be more in depth and harder but aren't impossible. There's the initial gap you jump from high school to college which is challenging for some and easy for others. But once you understand what is required for each class, it isn't too bad. You will end up actually studying and working harder, but the nice thing about Rochester is that the environment is pretty laid back. So as long as you pace yourself and not procrastinate like I do, you'll be fine, and as long as you're prepared to work for the class, it'll be challenging but not nervous break down impossible.</p>
<p>the study last minute and papers a 3 am, not really the best idea. I've gotten away with a few but crashed and burned as well, so its a good either to get into the habit of studying and close reading. </p>
<p>Premed is hard, and it require a lot more work. Its the same everywhere though, so you have buckle down and do it. I believe out 30% of the class initially being premed there were like 50 majors in the end. It feels more of an urban legend though. Don't know about recruiting for business/ economics. I think the Simmon school is starting up a business entrapeneur program kinda like the REMS med program. Both departments are pretty strong from what I hear.</p>
<p>Lol as for the snow, its Rochester, its expected. We still had snow like two-three weeks ago. Its not really cold, just snowy. The windchill though is what bites, and during the hard winter months its gets pretty intense. But you learn to adapt fast. Its not too bad.</p>
<p>what's the ratio between in-state and out of state students?</p>
<p>Do the early dec. freshmen get first choice of the dorms?
Which are the first to fill up?</p>
<p>@swizzle
from collegeboard
* 49% In-state students
* 51% Out-of-state students</p>
<p>@rablaw
early decision students get first choice. As for what gets filled up, Im not really sure. Usually Sue B is most freshman's first choice, but they try thier best to place you where you requested</p>
<p>Hey, i was wondering what your impressions were of the computer science program at Rochester. Currently i think i want CS as my major, and the two schools I'm considering that I got into are UR and RPI. I'm hugely in favor of Rochester though, because I simply couldn't stand to be at a school full of geeks without any girls, even though RPI did offer me a lot more money and has a great program. I also love UR's strength in all kinds of fields and subjects.</p>
<p>I know the atmosphere and the people at UR are fantastic, but I don't know much about the CS program, besides that I heard it was good (thats how i heard of the school). At this point, I'm also particularly interested in game programming, so are there any prominent clubs or classes that involve that field?</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions!</p>
<p>Hi insane, I'm got a defferred enrollment letter, meaning that I can enter jan. 2008, I already have enough college credits to last me one semester so missing a semester isn't much of a problem. Would I graduate at the same time as the regular class of 2011?</p>
<p>Also, I did not apply for the pre-med program, Can I still take required courses set for medical school?</p>
<p>One more thing, what do you typically get for your dorm? What is the average time when students sleep? I know that here, at Cornell, there is pretty much no night life. (Though I am a night person.)</p>
<p>Also what can you say about college towns? When are the shops open till?</p>
<p>thank you!!</p>
<p>So here's the undergrad comp sci page: <a href="http://www.csug.rochester.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.csug.rochester.edu/</a>
And to get aquainted with the cs cirrculm go here:
<a href="http://www.cs.rochester.edu/undergrad/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cs.rochester.edu/undergrad/</a></p>
<p>Now the program itself is pretty rigorous but real good. The nice thing is that there is quite a bit of flexabilty as to what you want to pursue in Computer Science. Basically in order to declare yourself a major you need to talk 6 premajor courses. The first 3 are Math classes, Math 161, 162, 150 (Calc I, Calc II, and Discrete Math) and 3 CS foundation classes 171, 172, 173 (Programming, Data Structures & Algorithm Analysis, and Computations and Formal Systems). These classes basically give you the foundation to start programming and understanding development and design of softwares. After that you take 5 core courses to make you adept in Computer Science:</p>
<ul>
<li> CSC 240 - The Computational Brain or
CSC 242 - Artificial Intelligence
<ul>
<li>CSC 252 - Computer Organization</li>
<li>CSC 254 -Programming Language Design & Implementation
(class of 2005 or later must take this as a core course)</li>
<li>CSC 280 - Computer Models and Limitations</li>
<li>CSC 282 - Design and Analysis of Efficient Algorithms </li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>For the B.S. degree, students must take the following additional courses:
* CSC 200/200H - Undergraduate Problem Seminar **
* MTH 165 - Linear Algebra with Differential Equations </p>
<p>After you need to take 3 more advanced classes .
The cool thing is that you can tailor your classes to fit one of the four tracks below, so that you can take classes in the part of CS that interests you the most.
* Computer Systems
* Natural Language and Knowledge Representation
* Vision and Robotics
* Theory</p>
<p>Also many of the classes you take in Computer will also be crosslisted in other departments, for example the uncertain interference and deviant logic courses are actually philosophy classes, and the AI and visions classes are cross listed as brain and cognitive science classes. </p>
<p>As for game programming, if you are interested, I suggest you get in touch with Proffesor Pawlicki (<a href="mailto:pawlicki@cs.rochester.edu">pawlicki@cs.rochester.edu</a> ). He's teach a class next semester called Advanced java programming/ Game Design. He's also in charge of the Quake project, which an idependent study that is offered to undergrads. Basically you program the AI for Quake Agents(<a href="http://www.cs.rochester.edu/research/quagents/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cs.rochester.edu/research/quagents/</a>) and understand the high level intelligence systems used in AI. </p>
<p>Game programming mainly derives from efficient software engineering and algorithm design, and graphics of course. So its a good idea to take software design classes and AI classes to get prepared for the gaming world.</p>
<p>If you have more general questions feel free to email me or contact Marty Guenther <a href="mailto:marty@cs.rochester.edu">marty@cs.rochester.edu</a> who is the undergrad liason/adviser.</p>
<p>Hope this helped</p>
<p>@ Weilin37
Sorry to hear about the deferment. I first suggest you contact Rochester and find out if your credits will transfer and can be appropriately applied to whichever major you're pursuing. Rochester is kinda picky with the credits it accepts, for example if you received college credit for taking a class in high school either via a visiting professor or remote classroom, they won't accept it. Or in the english department, they won't count AP credit towards the English major. So make sure you clear that up first. Also it might not be a bad idea to take classes at a local university the first semester and transfer them to Rochester, it'll make the transition from high school to college alot easier.</p>
<p>That being said, if you either get credits for the classes you took earlier or get 16 transfer credits from another college in the fall semester, you should be able to graduate in four years.</p>
<p>As for pre-med, if you're referring to REMS, its too late to apply. However REMS only takes like 10 students a year, so its not really a big deal. There is no "pre-med " major in Rochester, most kids who are on the premed track are usually biology, neuroscience, or brain & cognitive science majors. Technically there is no major required for med school, so you can be an english major and still go to med school as long as you take the required bio classes. So its not to late get on the pre med track.</p>
<p>What do I get for my dorm, I believe college sends you a check list of stuff to bring. Dorms all have beds, a dresser, a desk, and a chair. For bedding make sure you get twin sized sheets that are extra long, to fit the mattresses, and get mattress pads. Other than that, the usual(). Lamps are useful as the rooms tend to be quite dark.</p>
<p>Rochester is weird, everything around campus tends to close around 8pm. I really don't know why. The campus itself is self contained. The Pit and the corner store close around 1 am, as does Hillside dining center. Libraries also close around that time. </p>
<p>As you can tell from the time Im posting this, most kids sleep around 1ish. Starting Thursday random parties start up in the frat quad, but there really isn't much of a night life.</p>
<p>Are the halls on Hoeing and Gilbert segregated by class? In other words, are the freshman in those dorms put in freshman only halls, or are they on halls where some rooms are reserved for freshman and other rooms for upper classmen? Are most of the upper classman sophomores, or are there uniors and seniors mixed in too?</p>
<p>How would you rate the dorms/food/girls/activities?</p>
<p>swizzlesodapop, remember that University of Rochester is a private college, not a public one. In-state v. out-of-state has no relevance in admissions or financial aid (except for the "geographic diversity" stuff).</p>
<p>I keep hearing that the girls at uofR are very geeky and stuck up. from other college rating websites where former or current students comment on their colleges. Is that true? </p>
<p>When I went and visited, I saw some pretty girls and a few even helped me find where to go.</p>
<p>@enfall
Gilber is all freshman dorm and I believe most of Hoeing is as well. Upperclassman usually live elsewhere like GLCK, the towers, lovejoy etc.</p>
<p>@bjfcool
dorms: 8/10
food: 4/10 (the food really is not that great on campus)
activities: 7/10 (kinda broad question)</p>
<p>I won't comment on the girls on campus, as I refuse objectify them. If you are curious as to what they look like, you can either visit or facebook stalk them.</p>